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pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...
impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...
In six pages good and evil are examined along with Plato's assertion that evil is not knowingly committed by man. There are no ot...
close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...
Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...
In eleven pages this paper compares how advertising uses music with Plato's music utilization theory. Eleven sources are cited in...
In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...
In a paper consisting of three pages it is contemplated what Russell's reaction to Plato's efforts to account for nature of realit...
In five pages this paper examines the philosophical questions resulting from the dialogue between Meno and Socrates as presented i...
In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...
It is important for to understand that there exist a great many philosophies by which people live their lives. These philosophies...
off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...
the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...
if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...
was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...
the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...
on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...
concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...
he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...
much like ourselves. As this suggests, Socrates means to make it clear that this allegory has relevance to the realities of everyd...